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If we work in cartesian coordinates, we say for instance, that
[tex]D_x \phi = \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_x \right) \phi[/tex]
where g is the gauge coupling, and [itex]\{T^a\}[/itex] are the generators of the gauge group, and [itex]\{A^a_\mu\}[/itex] is the gauge vector field.
But what happens when we go to curvilinear coordinates. Specifically, suppose we're in 2 space dimensions, do we have, in polar coordinates
[tex]D_\theta \phi = \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_\theta \right) \phi[/tex]?
The reason why I ask is Sidney Coleman says in his lectures on what he calls lumps, that
[tex]e_\theta \cdot D \phi = \left(\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_\theta \right) \phi[/tex]
I'm not sure why the gauge field term does not also have a factor of 1/r.
I must be missing something elementary.
[tex]D_x \phi = \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_x \right) \phi[/tex]
where g is the gauge coupling, and [itex]\{T^a\}[/itex] are the generators of the gauge group, and [itex]\{A^a_\mu\}[/itex] is the gauge vector field.
But what happens when we go to curvilinear coordinates. Specifically, suppose we're in 2 space dimensions, do we have, in polar coordinates
[tex]D_\theta \phi = \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_\theta \right) \phi[/tex]?
The reason why I ask is Sidney Coleman says in his lectures on what he calls lumps, that
[tex]e_\theta \cdot D \phi = \left(\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta} + i g \sum_a T_a A^a_\theta \right) \phi[/tex]
I'm not sure why the gauge field term does not also have a factor of 1/r.
I must be missing something elementary.
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